Alberta hires energy executive as point person for plan to transition off coal

By
Dean Bennett The Canadian Press

WATCH: The province took the next step towards eliminating coal power from Alberta's electricity grid. A point person has been hired to work with industry to determine how much it will cost. Tom Vernon explains.

“I’m confident that Mr. Boston will be tough but fair, recognizing the need to protect consumers, taxpayers, workers, and communities while respecting the need to provide certainty and fairness to both companies and their investors,” Bilous told reporters at the legislature.

Boston, who is from Tennessee, recently retired as the head of PJM Interconnection, which is the second largest, centrally-dispatched power system in the world.

“He is the best in the business and this is why we wanted to bring him on as a facilitator,” said Bilous.

Boston was not at the news conference and was not immediately available for comment.